book chapter
Native accounts of Nootka ethnography
Indiana University, Research Center in Anthropology, Folklore, and Linguistics • 21 (4) (2) • Published In 1955 • Pages: 457
By: Sapir, Edward, Swadesh, Morris.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Materials in this volume consist of Nootka texts and English translations. For the purpose of this file, only a selected number of the translations have been chosen for processing. These include narratives on the annual cycle of economic and social activities, particularly that of marine hunting and fishing; the marriage ceremonies; puberty rites and the Wolf ritual; mourning customs; and warfare. The importance of potlatch is evident in all these accounts. A certain familiarity with the Nootka cultural background is necessary for a clear understanding of these narratives which tend to be discursive, ill-organized, and lacking explanations of native terms.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Literary texts
- Organized ceremonial
- Visiting and hospitality
- Athletic sports
- Gift giving
- Arranging a marriage
- Oratory
- Music
- Puberty and initiation
- Mourning
- Warfare
- Slavery
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Nuu-chah-nulth
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Northwest Coast and California
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Linguist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Robert Lee ; 1960: John Beierle; 2010
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- ca. 1910
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1914-1922
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Edward Sapir and Morris Swadesh
- Only pages 1-8, 27-46, 176-219, 243-253, 287-288, 293-296, and 412-429 have been processed for this file
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 56062625
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Nootka Indians
- Nuu-chah-nulth Indians